Jewish-Christian Relations: The First Centuries Paperback - 2016

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"I am in fundamental agreement with Bibliowicz's thesis (that the anti-Jewish polemic in the NT reflects debates between Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus - not a polemic between Christians and Jews), and with the implications which he has drawn for Christian theology... May this book find a wide readership among people devoted to the cause of the healing of memories between Jews and Christians." - Peter C. Phan, Professor - Georgetown University, President of the Catholic Theological Society of America. .................................................................................................................................................................................................. " standing on a brilliant and insightful reconstruction of Paul, and on a quite shocking (but perhaps compelling) reading of Mark - the author offers a number of original and in some cases quite compelling theoretical reconstructions of the context and purposes of early Christian texts... a work of sublime moral passion" - David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Director, Center for Theology and Public Life, Mercer University. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................."An important work...Sensitive and deeply researched... In the deepest sense, a profound theological work." - Clark M. Williamson, Professor, Christian Theological Seminary, Indiana. ................................................................................................................................................................................................... "...An original and plausible claim that goes beyond most of modern scholarship... a solid contribution to the study of early Christianity." - Joseph B. Tyson, Professor, Southern Methodist University. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................."I very much appreciated the depth and scope of the scholarship, accompanied by the kind and humble spirit of the author. It may also prove to be one of the formidable and formative scholarly contributions of the decade for both biblical and historical scholars" -Michael Thompson, Professor. Religious Studies - Oklahoma State University. ................................................................................................................................................................................................... "An intrepid excursion into the Christian discourse... The quest of an intellectual, a humanist... Interesting and, in fact overwhelming...A timely and honest engagement of the Christian texts, authors, and scholars by a Jewish intellectual." - Burton L. Mack, Professor of Early Christianity, Claremont School of Theology, California..................................................................................................................................................................................."A meticulous study...a mammoth endeavor... goes beyond others in his interpretation of the evidence, tracing and documenting distinctions and tensions in the early Jesus movement." - N. A. Beck, Professor of Theology and Classical Languages, Texas Lutheran University and author of Mature Christianity in the 21st Century: The Recognition and Repudiation of the Anti-Jewish Polemic of the New Testament.